686 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



r> Genus 5. SPHENOEHINA. 



Sphenorhina, Amy at et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 562, 464. 

 ^ Cicada, p., Linn., Deg. 



f) Cercopis, p., Fabr.^ Germ,, St. Farg. et Serv., JBurm., Blanch., 

 Guer. 



^ 1. Sphenorhina lineglata. 



Sphenorhina lineolata, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 563, 1, pi. 

 10, f. 7. 



S. America? . .. ' 



2. Sphenorhina marginata. 



"■ Cercopis marginata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 48, 2. Syst. Rhyn. 90, 10. 

 a. Brazil. 



^ 3. Sphenorhina eufivaria. 



Nigra, rufo vittata et rrfarginata ; abdominis dorsum rufum ; pedes 

 ruji, femoribus basi tarsisque nigris ; aI(B anticce fusccB, rufo 

 bivittatce, nigro semi-mar ginatce. 



Black, shining : crown of the head with a bright red stripe ex- 

 tending to the face, which is bright red, and has on each side a 

 pitchy disk, with about twelve oblique furrows : feelers pale towards 

 the lips : middle stripe and border of the chest bright red : disk of 

 the back of the abdomen dark red : legs red ; thighs towards the 

 base and at the tips, hips, feet, and tips of shanks black : fore- 

 wings brown, narrow, black along the borders from the middle to the 

 tips ; the black is accompanied by a red stripe, which, towards the 

 base, occupies the fore border, and diverges thereunto from the hind 

 border: hind-wings brown ; veins bl^l^ Length of the body 5 — 6 

 lines ; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. /" 



a, b. Brazil. v 



4. Sphenorhina coMPREssA. 



C^Cercopis compressa, St. Farg.et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 606, 9. Stoll, 

 Cic.pl. 21, f. 112. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



b, c. Brazil. 



